Pff, low-res uploads

[Kimmo]

Continuing the discussion from Possibly the most genius don’t-text-and-drive PSA ever:

@Nadreck

The low-rez uploads are for the millions of people who don’t have access to anything that will play a higher resolution. If you’re on a $65 box (probably donated to you since $65 is way over your budget) then 480p is just a herky-jerky slideshow and anything higher just crashes the browser. Not to mention all of the people with low-rez eye-balls for whom high-rez is just an expensive waste.

Here’s the thing: Youtube and other video sites automagically generate lower-bitrate copies of HD vids.

I repeat: there’s no good reason for anyone in the developed world to have uploaded <480p vid in the last five years.

When will we be rid of this blocky, unwatchable dross? It belongs on last century’s internet, dammit.